Practice Point #96 - Neck, Shoulder, Back pain

I received a question from Sandra Spagnuolo from the USA. Their question is...

I have a lot of neck/shoulder/back pain. What poses do you suggest for relief?

It does depend on the cause of the pain.

Is the pain due to sitting for long period at a computer or from an injury?

Depending on your answer my response will be different.

I am going to address the question from prolonging sitting and computer use as this is very common and will help all the readers.

I would recommend daily doing arm positions like gomukhasana, garudasana, namaskarasana, bahhdha hastasana, parva baddhanguliyasana to help relieve tension in the neck and shoulders.

Daily I would also make sure you take breaks from your computer every 25 minutes to stretch your back with ardha uttanasa and a sitting twist to release the upper back.

Supta padagustasana will help release the lower back.

Here are some pictures to guide you on these postures.